diff --git a/subsys/shell/shell.c b/subsys/shell/shell.c
index 01a237f0631..a6a738e5c26 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/shell.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/shell.c
@@ -1555,3 +1555,51 @@ int shell_execute_cmd(const struct shell *shell, const char *cmd)
 
 	return ret_val;
 }
+
+static int cmd_help(const struct shell *shell, size_t argc, char **argv)
+{
+	ARG_UNUSED(argc);
+	ARG_UNUSED(argv);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SHELL_TAB)
+	shell_print(shell, "Please press the <Tab> button to see all available "
+			   "commands.");
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SHELL_TAB_AUTOCOMPLETION)
+	shell_print(shell,
+		"You can also use the <Tab> button to prompt or auto-complete"
+		" all commands or its subcommands.");
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SHELL_HELP)
+	shell_print(shell,
+		"You can try to call commands with <-h> or <--help> parameter"
+		" for more information.");
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SHELL_METAKEYS)
+	shell_print(shell,
+		"\nShell supports following meta-keys:\n"
+		"  Ctrl + (a key from: abcdefklnpuw)\n"
+		"  Alt  + (a key from: bf)\n"
+		"Please refer to shell documentation for more details.");
+#endif
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHELL_HELP)) {
+		/* For NULL argument function will print all root commands */
+		shell_help_subcmd_print(shell, NULL, "\nAvailable commands:\n");
+	} else {
+		const struct shell_static_entry *entry;
+		size_t idx = 0;
+
+		shell_print(shell, "\nAvailable commands:");
+		while ((entry = shell_cmd_get(NULL, idx++, NULL)) != NULL) {
+			shell_print(shell, "  %s", entry->syntax);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+SHELL_CMD_ARG_REGISTER(help, NULL, "Prints the help message.", cmd_help, 1, 0);
diff --git a/subsys/shell/shell_cmds.c b/subsys/shell/shell_cmds.c
index e022fa78393..2a7f1f6963b 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/shell_cmds.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/shell_cmds.c
@@ -278,41 +278,6 @@ static int cmd_echo(const struct shell *shell, size_t argc, char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cmd_help(const struct shell *shell, size_t argc, char **argv)
-{
-	ARG_UNUSED(argc);
-	ARG_UNUSED(argv);
-
-	shell_print(shell,
-		"Please press the <Tab> button to see all available commands.\n"
-		"You can also use the <Tab> button to prompt or auto-complete"
-		" all commands or its subcommands.\n"
-		"You can try to call commands with <-h> or <--help> parameter"
-		" for more information.");
-#if defined(CONFIG_SHELL_METAKEYS)
-	shell_print(shell,
-		"\nShell supports following meta-keys:\n"
-		"Ctrl+a, Ctrl+b, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+d, Ctrl+e, Ctrl+f, Ctrl+k,"
-		" Ctrl+l, Ctrl+n, Ctrl+p, Ctrl+u, Ctrl+w\nAlt+b, Alt+f.\n"
-		"Please refer to shell documentation for more details.");
-#endif
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHELL_HELP)) {
-		/* For NULL argument function will print all root commands */
-		shell_help_subcmd_print(shell, NULL, "\nAvailable commands:\n");
-	} else {
-		const struct shell_static_entry *entry;
-		size_t idx = 0;
-
-		shell_print(shell, "\nAvailable commands:");
-		while ((entry = shell_cmd_get(NULL, idx++, NULL)) != NULL) {
-			shell_print(shell, "  %s", entry->syntax);
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int cmd_history(const struct shell *shell, size_t argc, char **argv)
 {
 	ARG_UNUSED(argc);
@@ -472,7 +437,6 @@ SHELL_STATIC_SUBCMD_SET_CREATE(m_sub_resize,
 
 SHELL_CMD_ARG_REGISTER(clear, NULL, SHELL_HELP_CLEAR, cmd_clear, 1, 0);
 SHELL_CMD_REGISTER(shell, &m_sub_shell, SHELL_HELP_SHELL, NULL);
-SHELL_CMD_ARG_REGISTER(help, NULL, SHELL_HELP_HELP, cmd_help, 1, 0);
 SHELL_COND_CMD_ARG_REGISTER(CONFIG_SHELL_HISTORY, history, NULL,
 			SHELL_HELP_HISTORY, cmd_history, 1, 0);
 SHELL_COND_CMD_ARG_REGISTER(CONFIG_SHELL_CMDS_RESIZE, resize, &m_sub_resize,